John William von Doussa AO FAAL KC (born 17 September 1940) is a former Australian judge and public servant.

He was a judge of the Federal Court of Australia from 1988 to 2003, president of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission from 2003 to 2008, and chancellor of the University of Adelaide from 2004 to 2010.

[2] Von Doussa served his articles of clerkship with Thomson, Hogarth, Ross & Lewis, and was called to the bar in 1963.

[1] On 1 May 2003, it was announced that von Doussa would replace Alice Tay as President of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, with effect from 10 June.

In July 2004, von Doussa was appointed Chancellor of the University of Adelaide (his alma mater), in place of Robert Champion de Crespigny.